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Chocolate, cuckoldry and doppelganger delusion abound in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's stunning English language adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov interwar novel. The chocolate business has been good to Russian exile Hermann. He enjoys the good life with his beautiful wife Lydia. But Hermann is addicted to out-of-body experiences and when he meets a tramp on a business trip, he hatches an insane escape plan. Featuring international stars Dirk Bogarde (Death in Venice) and Andrea Ferreol (La Grande Bouffe) and adapted by British dramatist Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love), Fassbinder's Despair is a vivid off-kilter masterwork set against the background of the Nazis in ascendance.
Original Release
09/15/1978
US Release
02/16/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dirk Bogarde | Herman / Hermann Hermann |
Andrea Ferreol | Lydia / Lydia Hermann |
Klaus Lowitsch | Felix / Felix Weber |
Volker Spengler | Ardalion |
Armin Meier | Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman |
Peter Kern | Müller |
Adrian Hoven | Inspector Schelling |
Alexander Allerson | Mayer |
Hark Bohm | Doctor |
Roger Fritz | Inspector Braun |
Directors
Writers
Tom Stoppard, Vladimir Nabokov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dirk Bogarde | Herman / Hermann Hermann |
Andrea Ferreol | Lydia / Lydia Hermann |
Klaus Lowitsch | Felix / Felix Weber |
Volker Spengler | Ardalion |
Armin Meier | Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman |
Peter Kern | Müller |
Adrian Hoven | Inspector Schelling |
Alexander Allerson | Mayer |
Hark Bohm | Doctor |
Roger Fritz | Inspector Braun |
Gottfried John | Perebrodov |
Y Sa Lo | Elsie |
Lilo Pempeit | Secretary Schmidt / Mrs. Schmidt |
Ingrid Caven | Hotel Manager |
Voli Geiler | 1st Landlady |
Isolde Barth | 2nd Landlady |
Bernhard Wicki | Orlovius |
Harry Baer | Innkeeper |
Gitty Djamal | Woman in Pension |
Osman Ragheb | Post Office Clerk / Post Office Clerck |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lutz Hengst | Executive Producer |
Peter Märthesheimer | Producer |